Neckwear.



W. A. KEYS.

NECKWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.9. 1914.

1 31361113641 Jan. 8, 1918.

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NECKWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.9 I914.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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A. KEYS, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. a, rare.

Application filed Januarya, 1914. Serial No. 811,154.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. KEYS, a citizen 'of-the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Imtying ends or aprons of neckwear, by so 0on structing the neckwear that any strain put uponv the neckwear material in the tymg of 'the tie may be borne by the interlining and not by the cover or necktie fabric. It is also addressed to improving the construction of interlinings for neckwear.

In my improved neckwear I preferably construct or manufacture the neckwear so that when finished the intermediate portion is thinner than the tying ends thereby facilitating the-adjustment of the neckwear when used with two-fold or high-band collars. I I

In the drawings in which like letters refer to like parts,

Figure 1 represents one side of my improved foundation or interlining;

Fig. 2 represents the reverse face of my improved foundation or interlining;

Fig. 3 is a side view of enlarged portions ofFigs. 1 and 2;

v Fig. 4 represents the interlining and cover fabric in process of assembling the neck- I wear;

rial. The strip A preferably extends substantially throughout the entire length of the interlining or foundation, and the two strips B- -B overlie the strip A, and with it form the 'interlinings for the tying ends.

' The strip A is preferably made of material,

cut on the straight, from piece goods, or of a tape. preferably use muslin 6r linen or some s1m1lar thin and relatively strong fabr1c. The strips BB, which are cut, or formed to conform with the shape of'the tymg ends, are preferably made from soft and relatively thick fabric, such as canton flannel.

The strips BB are placed upon the" strip A, and secured thereto by rows of stitching D-D running lengthwise of the interlinmg, and by rows of stitching C'C running across the interlining at the adjacent ends of the strips BB. By having the strips BB fixedly secured throughout their length to the strip A, thereby uniting the plies of the interlining to each other, displacement of the interlining within the tying ends of the tie is obviated, as will be hereafter explained.

The cover fabric E, in the ordinary manufacture of neckwear cut on the bias, is cut into two pleces of fabric E-E and united at the Seam as shown in Fig. 4 at F. The

interlining having been assembled, as shown 1n Figs. 1 and 2, and the cover fabric having been formed by the uniting of' the two separate pieces, the interlining is placed uponthe cover fabric E-E, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 4-, and is then stitched, preferably by machine, by a row of stitching G which penetrates near the edge of the cover E and the plies A and B of the interlining, thereby fixedly securing the cover fabric to the interlining. i In Fig. 4 I have shown this step in the assembling of my, improved neckwear by stitching the interlining to one edge of the cover fabric in one end and by stitching it to the opposite edgeof the cover fabric in the other tying end. 5 I do not limit myself to this arrangement, as of course, the interlining could be stitched to the same edge of the cover fabric in both ends. The interlining having been stitched to one edge of'the cover fabric, the cover fabric is then folded over the edge of the interlining, as shown to the right in Fig. 4, in which the interlining is shown attached to the fold E of the cover fabric by stitching G, after which the o posite edge E of the cover fabric is folde on the other edge of the interlining, as shown in Fig. 6, and the extreme edge E of the cover fabric is then folded upon itself, as shown in Fig. 7, and tacked, stitched as by stitches H or otherwise attached to the fold E of the cover fabric which, as previously described, is attached to the interlining by the row of stitching G. A necktie put together in this manner possesses,

among others, two advantages which are particularly desirable. The first edge of the cover fabric which is attached to the interlining may be so attached by the use of a sewing machine. This provides an extremely secure connection between the m terlining and the cover fabric so that all strain which might possibly be put upon the cover fabric will be transmitted to the interlining and the interlining will be extremely efiicient in keeping the cover fabric from being stretched or displaced relatively to the interlining. The second advantage derived from this structure is that while one edge of the cover fabric is secured to the interlining by the most effective kind of sewing available, the opposite edge of the cover fabric may be secured to the first mentioned edge of the cover fabric by stitches which, while possibly less effective, are invisible, and at the same time both edges of the cover fabric are securely held to the 1nterlining.

If desired, my improved neckwear may be assembled by folding the cover fabric E on itself, so that the outer faces of the edges E, E are brought together, placing them upon the interlining and stitching the two edges E, E to the interlining, and then turning the neckwear so that the interllning would lie on the inside, and the cover fabric would surround same, as shown in Fig. 5. By attaching the folds of the cover fabric to the interlining by a row of stitching G, the interlining is fixedly located within the tying ends of the neckwear and does not become displaced either in adjusting or in tying the neckwear, as so frequently happens in the ordinary neckwear heretofore in use.-

In neckwear constructed as described above, the strain in tying and adjusting 15 carried by the interlinings or foundation, and not by the cover fabric, as in neckwear heretofore in use. My improvement in neckwear is therefore especially adapted to bias neckwear, as inthat form of neckwear, as heretofore constructed, when the strain is borne in part or in whole by the cover fabric, the cover fabric becomes distorted by reason of its being cut on the bias, and the interlinings become displaced with the result that after the neckwear has been in' use a short time, it is difiieult, if not impossible, to form a suitable knotor bow.

In the preferred form of my invention, which is shown in the drawings, I place a tion of the neckwear. The said strip I is stitched to the neckband by rows of stitching JJ which pass through all of the plies of the neckband. The'ends of this stri I are arranged so that they overlap the a jacent ends of the interlining of the strips BB, and the stitching J also passes through, not only the strip I,.but the cover fabric E and the foundation or interlining strips A and BB. When this strip I is used, part or all of the material of the cover E under the strip I may be removed, if desired.

I preferably assemble my neckwear, described above, so that the stri A of the foundation or interlining lies ad acent to the folds of the cover fabric E of the inner side of the neckwear, and the strips BB of the interlining or foundation come in contact with the inside of the outer face of the neckwear. The canton flannel, which I preferably use for the strips BB, is softer than the muslin or linen strip A, and affords a surface which adheres more readily to the inside of the cover material than would the linen or muslin strip A.

By the use of my improved foundation or interlining, I have found that it is a comparatively easy matter to stitch the bias material of the cover proper to the material, cut on the straight, of the interlining.

I claim 1. In a necktie comprising tying ends and an intermediate portion, an interlining and a cover therefor, said interlining composed of a relatively thin strip of material extending substantially throughout the length of the interlining, a relatively soft and thick fabric overlapping and attached to the said strip and adapted to lie within a tying end of the necktie, the cover fabric of said tying ends being folded completely to inclose the tying ends of the interlining, one

of said folds being stitched'to the said interneckband and w1th said interlining.

2. In a necktie comprising tying ends and an intermediate portion, an interlining and a cover therefor, said interlining being composed of a strip of material extending substantially throughout a tying end and said intermediate portion of the tie, the cover fabric of said tying end being folded compietely to inclose said tying end of the in- In testimony whereof I have signed my terlimng, one of said folds being stitched name to this specification, in the presence of to said interlinin substantially throughout two subscribing Witnesses.

the length of sai tying end, the other fold WILLIAM A KEYS. 5 being secured to the aforesaid fold of the Witnesses:

cover fabric by an independent row of EDWIN Snonn,

stitches. GEO. 1V. MILLS, J1. 

